PDF The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain; China; and the Japanese Occupation by Philip Snow in History

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Exciting; detailed and researchedBy Jan BrassemAs a professional writer I can be especially critical on an author who does not do his homeworks or leaves imagination at home.This historically detailed book is a must for any reader who is interested in the history; prewar culture and military blunders of WWII Hong Kong.It is a must read.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Learn the history of Japanese atrocity during world war 2.By Chi S. ChiuIt's a clean copy arriving on time1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. vital information to learn about yourself as a Chinese and the group you belong to and about foreign China handsBy ..."At 7pm; Shaftain received information that the Triads on The Island had laid plans for an uprising timed to take place at 3am on 13 December. The uprising was to entail nothing less than the massacre of the entire European population."The British reached out to a KMT-connected Shanghainese triad leader to negotiate terms with these creeps who agreed to not cause trouble in exchange for ... MONEY - which eventually the Shangainese leader agreed to cover from his own deep pockets if the British promised to reimburse him after the war. I can't imagine him calling in this "debt" at the end of Three Days and Eight Months.That's your Chinese life that is being defended as well by white devils. I am familiar from a distance of that ill-reputed Chinese selfishness and shortsightedness. I'm not sure if it's real or really that unswayable.But it holds dire consequences for all the Chinese if this really happened and I don't see any softening of regard as justifiable. If you were willing to kill the people defending the Island and their families because of their foreignness; because of the Unequal Treaties four years after the uncommon conduct of The Rape of Nanjing; then that's it. No leniency at all for you. May everyone who falls into that category of endangering law and order be ruled with an iron hand. There's no point being hippies about this. Forget about their rights. Forget about soft spokenness. It's not their due.I think it was in an episode of the Sopranos when organized crime seemed to not notice that they were dealing with terrorists. Very different from the long circulated story that Italian American mobsters helped the Allies with connections in Southern Italy.Let's hope that only the good story is true in times of war with an enemy whose zero sum perspective is established.How the colonial defenders were treated by the Japanese and how the Chinese and Indians were okay with it ... it's very Cultural Revolution. Just because the Japanese order the British to pull rickshaws for Indian and Chinese passengers or turn a blind eye to British locals being overcharged does not mean that as a Chinese or Indian; you have to play along when the Japanese are not in the vicinity.So was Churchill right to demand that the British defend Hong Kong despite guaranteed defeat?In those Three Years and Eight Months; the Colonizers and the Colonized got to know each other as never before. Both Chinese and Indians offered support to British POWs and others in the form of food and medical care as well as guerilla fighters.What became clearer was how nice the nice ones were on the other side of the table and how absolutely unforgivable the bad ones were.ALL THANKS TO THE JAPANESE TRESPASSERS.*******And it calls into question the intended target of the waxworks remark made by Prince Charles regarding the lamented 1997 Handover as well as the dire predictions made about the Chinese changing street signs and taking over positions of authority - that never happened with the handover but it DID happen when the Japanese invaded and took over the governance.Colonizers and Colonized are all in it together THANKS TO THE JAPANESE.